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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have joked about a hypothetical breakup<\/p>\n
The 54-year-old presenter has been married to Live With Kelly and Mark co-star Mark Consuelos since 1996, but she has given some thought to what she’d do if they ever broke up.<\/p>\n
Speaking on their daytime show, she said: \u201cIf you and I were not together, my next husband \u2014 I almost said, \u2018My next husband, may he rest in peace\u2019 \u2014 will have to be one foot and one arm in the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kelly – who has grown-up children Michael, 28, Lola, 24, and Joaquin, 22, with Mark – joked she is more interested in inheritance than anything else.<\/p>\n
She quipped: “He has to have severe ED [erectile dysfunction] and at least $6 billion in the bank.”<\/p>\n
\nMark, also 54, teased that if he was ever left single, it would have to be because Kelly had “passed away”.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “I would mourn the loss. I’m assuming you passed away, ’cause why would you ever leave?”<\/p>\n
\nThe couple – who are happily married – also joked about a hypothetical breakup earlier in the year, when they predicted how Mark would cope.<\/p>\n
\nKelly said: I know if you and I broke up, you would absolutely fall apart, completely.”<\/p>\n
\nAlthough he didn’t disagree, her husband joked he would find a new, younger partner to replace her.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: “I do feel like someone would be there on the other end to pick me up and make sure I’m OK.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI’d have to get used to their college schedule and all that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKelly burst out laughing at his joke, and reassured their fans that their relationship is rock solid, but they still enjoy talking about fake scenarios in their lives.<\/p>\n
\nShe explained: \u201cWe have these conversations all the time.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018What would happen if you found out that I faked my own death?\u2019<\/p>\n
\n“And he\u2019s like, \u2018Well, my new wife and I would be very upset at first.\u2019 It\u2019s our favorite conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"27 August 2025 Kelly Ripa would want her next husband to be a billionaire with “severe” erectile dysfunction.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,21485,21486,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-26068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-kelly-ripa","13":"tag-mark-consuelos","14":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}